Resident Evil 1's remake and the OG Resident Evil 4 are still must-plays, and you can make them both look even better with HD remaster mods

Resident Evil 1’s remake and the OG Resident Evil 4 are still must-plays, and you can make them both look even better with HD remaster mods | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Resident Evil Grace’s actor in Resident Evil Requiem says that Capcom ‘wanted to go back to the horror Resident Evil games’ Resident Evil Resident Evil Requiem review: A jack of all trades Hardware Resident Evil Requiem PC performance analysis: Great visuals and decent frame rates all round, though path tracing’s an obvious frame rate killer Resident Evil In a sea of needlessly long videogames, Resident Evil Requiem proves that 10 hours is all you need if you’re able to make every second count Action Finally, you can play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain thanks to this mod Graphics Cards Resident Evil Requiem’s path tracing is tough on GPUs but it probably won’t take as long as ray tracing did to become a mainstream option in games Resident Evil Classic Resident Evil mutates into a comedy fever-dream through the power of BioRand Resident Evil Here’s the Resident Evil Requiem release time for your region Resident Evil Take out this early enemy in Resident Evil Requiem to give Grace a much-needed damage boost FPS After getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on PC Game Pass, unlocking its ‘Unobtanium’ max graphics mode, and then upgrading those stunning visuals even more with mods, I’m convinced this is the ‘But can it run Crysis?’ FPS PC gamers should install today Sim One of the most impressive Star Wars mods in history just got a huge update, and co-op is on the table for the future: ‘It has been almost a year-long journey to get to this point’ Resident Evil Resident Evil Requiem pulls in 270,000 players in just 2 hours on Steam, beating Village, Biohazard and the Resident Evil 4 remake Horror Can Resident Evil Requiem finally make good on Resident Evil 6’s best and most botched idea? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter The GameCube era of the early 2000s was a magical time for Resident Evil. Not only did Capcom return to the first game, releasing a much more challenging and intense remake (where mutating, self-reviving enemies first appeared, a feature every Requiem player is VERY familiar with by now), but it also pushed the genre towards a new, more action-oriented era with the gloriously camp Resident Evil 4.Liberated from the GameCube and now over 20 years old each, both REmake and the OG RE4 are available with some mild enhancements on Steam. They’re perfectly playable straight from the installer—but we can do better.Thanks to painstaking efforts by the community, extensive graphical mods are available for both games, although not much gameplay-wise. Best not to mess with perfection, after all. Related articles Resident Evil 4 Remake guide: puzzles, collectibles, secrets, and the best weapons Classic Resident Evil mutates into a comedy fever-dream through the power of BioRand Resident Evil Requiem review: A jack of all trades Resident Evil Remake Resident Evil Biohazard HD REMASTER RESCALE 1440p – YouTube Watch On While REmake is fine without mods, at higher resolutions it’s not hard to notice that the character models stand out against pre-rendered backdrops originally meant for 480i CRT TV screens. Capcom has done some cursory cleanup with its HD ports, but modders have gone one step further.While the Nexus page for REmake has several options, your best bet is the well-titled REscale:Download (don’t forget the Hotfix and the 3D Assets, plus this little fix)Unzip to your installed game directo